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SFX Entertainment Inc. announced last week that it was changing its
name to Clear Channel Entertainment. But the company's sports groups
will continue to carry the SFX name.
SFX Entertainment, which includes athlete representation in football,
basebal ...

A California Superior Court judge has denied a motion by lawyers for prominent
sports agency Steinberg & Moorad to seal the court file in the explosive lawsuit
filed against former partner David Dunn, who left the firm earlier this year and
took more than a dozen athletes with him.
Mea ...

A power struggle that erupted behind the closed doors of the Jockeys' Guild
involves some of the nation's most famous jockeys and centers on financial problems
that have left hundreds of riders competing without basic health insurance.
Hall of famer Pat Day has resigned as president of the ...

The NFL Players Association filed a brief last week asking a court to allow
it to intervene in the bitter legal battle between prominent agent Leigh Steinberg
and his ex-partner David Dunn in a case that could define which of a player's relationships
is more important, the one with his agent ...

Shares of Callaway Golf Co. closed up 6 percent on Thursday, the day founder
and CEO Ely Callaway died, on speculation that the company could be sold, analysts
said.
"There is a little speculation out there that with the founder and charismatic
leader gone, the company will be in play," sa ...

S FX
Basketball Group LLC has promoted two vice presidents, David
Bauman and Jeffrey Wechsler , to the level of senior vice
president, in agreements meant to keep the talented young agents with
the company for the next five years.
...

Talk about a hat trick.
SFX Sports ' hockey division scored big in last month's NHL draft,
representing the players picked Nos. 1, 3 and 5 overall.
As was widely expected, SFX client Ilya Kovalchuk was selected
as the top pick. The company also rep ...

SFX last week acquired Signature Sports Group, a company that manages golf
events and 30 professional golfers.
Neither John Mascatello, SFX senior vice president in charge of the golf division,
or Jim Lehman, the owner of Minneapolis-based Signature, would comment on the financial
details ...

IMG, which represents NASCAR stars such as Jeff Gordon
and Dale Jarrett, has signed a young driver who can't legally drive on city streets
for another two years.
IMG will manage the career of Jon Denning, a 14-year-old professional late-model
stock car driver, said Steve Lindecke, senior ...

TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Co. officials no doubt were hollering "You da man!"
when Retief Goosen, a player the company has had under some sort of endorsement
contract since 1988, won the U.S. Open.
But with golf club contracts soaring, the timing of his first U.S. victory could
not have been ...